فصلنامه مطالعات آموزشی و آموزشگاهی
پیاپی 6 (پاییز 1392)

This study aims to investigate the transformational leadership role of managers and capabilities of the academic members of Tehran University. In this applied descriptive study, 152 academic members of Tehran University’s Social and Behavioral Science Pardis were selected from among 315 professors based on stratified random sampling. Data were collected through Bass & Ovolio (1997) transformational leadership questionnaire and Spreitzer & Mishra(1997) Psychological Empowerment questionnaire which their reliability confirmed through Cronbach Alpha formula ( for each questionnaire r= 0.77& 0.79, respectively). Findings revealed that transformational leadership of managers and psychological empowerment of academic members of the university are higher than average and there is a positive significant relationship between them. Multiple regression analysis shows that transformational leadership components including ideal traits, ideal behavior, inspirational motivation, intellectual encouragement, and individual considerations can predict the capabilities of the academic members of Tehran University.

This study aims to determine the constructive factors of intellectual capital at universities. To collect required data, valid, reliable, researcher-made and 57- item questionnaires were administered among 592 participants (according to factor analysis assumptions), who were selected from students as part of customers and stakeholders. Through Cronbach Alpha formula (r=0.96) and main components analysis with Varimax rotation, reliability and validity indices were confirmed, respectively. Exploratory factor analysis model were used to answer what factors saturate the intellectual capital? The primary outcome showed that the correlation matrix determinant (in less than 0.00001) is not zero, the amount of KMO is 0.968, and Bartlett's sphericity test result is statistically significant (in less than 0.00001). Finally, structural capital, human capital, communicational capital, innovation and efficiency as five factors which totally cover 49.5 percent of the intellectual capital variance, extracted from intellectual capital.

According to the entrepreneurship literature, entrepreneurial knowledge and skills can be taught and developed in proper environment. Therefore, Training plays an important role in development of entrepreneurial culture. This study aims to examine the results of entrepreneurship training in a number of vocational schools in Bojnoord city and deliver a model for assessing the quality of the provided training based on research background. In this descriptive-survey study data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. Findings revealed that entrepreneurial training can affect positively on creating the entrepreneurial intention in students based on three structures; creating entrepreneurial skills, build enthusiasm for entrepreneurial activities, and fostering entrepreneurial personality traits in students. Moreover; abilities of teachers and educational facilities moderate the relationship between entrepreneurship training and entrepreneurial intention in students.

This study aims to compare the efficiency of successful intelligence-based education and conventional education on cognitive and affective efficiency of student teachers’ learning. To this end, 112 participants were selected from among student teachers of Ardabil Farhangian University based on purposeful sampling. Data were collected through an academic performance researcher-made questionnaire and McCoach DB, Siegle D. Attitude Test (2003) which are both valid and reliable and were analyzed via multivariate covariance analysis. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between the efficiency of successful intelligence-based education and conventional education on cognitive and affective efficiency of student teachers’ learning (perception, analysis skills, creative skills, practical skills, self-educating perception, and attitude to the teacher and class); but in attitude to the university, There is not any significant relationship between motivation/ self-regulation and target valuation. It is concluded that findings are considerable in training the student teachers and improving the educational standards.

This study aims to investigate the relationship between knowledge transfer in secondary school teachers and performance of the departments. In this paper 360 participants were selected from among 5598 teachers of the second grade of secondary school in Mashhad based on multistage cluster sampling. In this descriptive, correlational study, data were collected through a Knowledge transfer questionnaire which is based on Nonaka Model and performance assessment form of Education General Administration. Findings revealed that there is a positive significant relationship between implicit knowledge transfer of teachers and departments’ performance. Moreover, there is significant relationship among departments in level of knowledge transfer. Although there is not any significant relationship between knowledge transfer and some variables like work experience and educational degree, but it is vice versa in gender as another variable.

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of spiritual/ religious intervention on life quality of female student teachers. In this quasi-experimental study, 30 participants were selected from student teachers of the Farhangian University through in available sampling and were divided equally in two groups as an experimental and control. Data were collected through pretest, posttest and WHOQOL- BREF (World Health Organization Quality of Life).To this end; both groups were given a pre-test, Then experimental group received 8 sessions of spiritual / religious skills training, and finally both groups were tested. Obtained data were analyzed via SPSS software. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship (p>0/05) between the life quality of experimental and control groups. Spiritual/ religious intervention was effective on life quality of female student teachers, and there is not any significant relationship between two groups in social relationships and life environment. Moreover; through significant relationship between physical and mental health of two groups in life quality subscales, it can be concluded that spiritual/ religious intervention affect on physical and mental health of female student teachers.